Hard labour for teen involved in Woodbrook robbery

An 18-year-old man who was recorded assaulting a 26-year-old woman in Woodbrook two weeks ago during a robbery in front of her two-year-old son, has been sentenced to 30 months hard labour.

Peter Hunte, of Laventille, appeared before Cheron Raphael in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Eleventh Court Tuesday morning.

He was charged for robbery with violence.

He had previously pleaded guilty to the offence.

When the matter was called, Raphael was highly critical in condemning Hunte’s actions, noting that it could have easily resulted in the victim or her child suffering even more serious injuries. Last Monday, Hunte surrendered himself to officers at the Port of Spain CID, in the company of his attorney Adrian Thompson.